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exhibited specimens he had taken at West Baldwin and Mt. Desert, Maine, 

 and commented on their distribution, etc. Among the species shown were 

 Fenesica tarquinius, Debis portlandia, very abundant at West Baldwin. Grapta 

 J-album, Blygonia comma, Arcyanis alope, of which the nephele form was rare 

 at West Baldwin, but more common with a complete set of intermediate forms 

 at Mt. Desert. Thecla calamis and edzcardsi, Eurymus philodice and interior 

 (with its form laurentica) Argynnis atlantis. He called attention also to the 

 fact that all the specimens were set on flat boards. His remarks were dis- 

 cussed by Mr. Davis, who recalled finding Fenesica tarquinius common at 

 Wingina, Va. ; Mr. Woodruff, who found it along alder-lined streams, and 

 Mr. Engelhardt, who spoke of a colony in Prospect Park, on alders infested 

 by cottony scale. He said he had found the pupae in crevices of the bark or 

 among the fallen leaves, their presence being indicated by the ragged appear- 

 ance of the eaten scale. 



In reference to mounting on flat boards, Mr. Davis recalled the success 

 Mr. Pearsall had in mounting geometers in that way. 



In reference to Debis portlandia, Mr. Notman spoke of its habit of flying 

 indoors in the Adirondacks, and several members gave their experience in 

 finding it a shade-loving butterfly. 



Mr. H. B. Weiss read a paper on " Life History and Early Stages of 

 Brachys, ovata and ccrosa," illustrated by leaves showing its feeding and larval 

 cells; also by specimens of larvae and adults. This paper will be printed as 

 joint product of Weiss and Nicolay. 



Mr. Davis spoke of Brachys on turkey oak in Florida, which pupated in 

 the leaf and of Mr. Manee's mention of the rattling noise caused by the insect 

 moving within the cell in North Carolina, which he also had heard in Florida. 

 Subsequent to the meeting, the following references to the records of the 

 rattling noise made by Brachys larvae or pupae in oak leaves were found, viz. : 

 Leng, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, XX, 1912, p. 193; Davis, Journ. N. Y. Ent. 

 Soc, XX, 1912, p. 305; op. cit., XXII, 1914, p 267. A reexamination of the 

 specimen which pupated within the leaf showed it to be B. tessellata Fab., 

 placed heretofore as a variety of B. ovata, but possibly a distinct species. It 

 should also be said that it is B. tessellata that is common at Southern Pine, 

 N. C, where Mr. Manee's observations were made. 



Mr. Groth recalled the meeting at Mrs. Slosson's house when the Journal 

 was started and the changes that had taken place in the Society since. After 

 serving the Society as treasurer and president, other duties had prevented his 

 recent regular attendance, but his interest was not lessened and found ex- 

 pression in training boy scouts in entomology. 



Mr. Engelhardt said that eye troubles prevented Mr. Doll speaking on 

 " Raising Larva in Utah," but having been Mr. Doll's companion he could 

 testify to his industry in that direction and success under trying conditions, 

 which including carrying the breeding cages on horseback. It was difficult 

 to find larvae in the desert regions of L T tah, but two specimens of Clisio- 

 campa, shown to be different by breeding, a few Sphingids and Catocalas, 



